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obtained by the Siebold Expedition -were probably also procured 

 (Temminek and Seblegel^ Fauna Japoniea^ Avcs, p. 110). 



The Wood- Sandpiper breeds in the Arctic and Subarctic Regions 

 of Europe and Siberia, and passes along the British coasts as well as 

 those of Japan on its migrations. 



327. TOTANUS OCHROPUS. 

 (GREEN SANDPIPER.) 



Tringa ochrojms, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 (1766), 



The Green Sandpiper has white upper tail-coverts and brown 

 axillaries narrowly barred with white. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 564. 



Totanus ochropus. 



The Green Sandpiper is a winter visitor to Japan. There is an 

 example in the Swinhoe collection fi'om Hakodadi, where it was pro- 

 cured by Captain Blakiston (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 453) ; and there 

 are five examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. Mr. Ringer 



